The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-12-22

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peas, oats and vegetables in great
quantity, all with three mules: There
are others that can show up almost as
we'll as Nj. Matthews.
Winston DAILY: Messrs. F. & H.
Fries makes a shipment Of twenty five
bales of width goods today to Shan
Fghai, China, this being their. second
shipment on their 100 bale ORDER
Mr.. W. A.. Mooveman, who holds a
position in Messrs. Biting & Hays to-
bacco factory, had the good fortune
on Saturday last to win a suit in Dan
vile, Va, against the Lawson heirs,
by which he gets real estate valued at
$40, 600. .v-.u ~,es
Chatham Home: George Sellars, a
respectable colored man of Baldwin's
township, made l65 barrels of corn
and eight bales of cotton during the
past season. He worked two horses,
and did nearly all the work within his
own family. A. A. Foushee, another
Industrious colored man, made, with
one horse, IS barrels of corn and 4 l-2
bales of cotton. We commend the ex-
ample of these two men. They work
hard stay at home, read the Home and
pay as they go.
Raleigh News and Observer: The
Fayetteville & Winston railroad was
sold at Greensboro yesterday as per
announcement. The road as it now is
consists of q graded road bed Of eiggh:
teen miles from Greensboro, fran
chises, tools and other property. It
was bought by Capt. A. B. Andrews,
of this city, third Vice-President of the
Richmond & Danville Company, and
it is supposed that the purchans was
made for that company. The price
paid was $4,000.
Enquirer and E1press: Mr., Jas. G..
Boylin, of the Wadesboro Messenger,
while walking On South Hayne street
last night about 10 o'clock, fell into an
open c~istern, about ten feet deep, and
was seriously injured. He is now at
the residence of his brother, the editor
of this paper. He had a very narrow
escape from death. The cistern is inn
mediately across the sidewalk and is
about ten feet square and ten feet
deep. The town authorities can have
no possible excuse for leaving it in
such condition. None of the street
lamps in the vicinity were lighted.
Mcdowell Buglc: It is not generally
known that there is a curious freak Of
nature in the Turkey Cove, this county.
The lime Cave has been explored. We
learn that Maj. W. W. Flemming
went into it one time and after getting
several hundred yards his light went
out and he was left in Egyptian dark
ness to hunt his way out, and after
wandering around for a couple of
hours he accidentally found the en-
trance and thus escaped a horrible
death. R. S. Mccall, Esq, says that
one can walk erect in the cave as far
as it has been explored, and that about
two hundred yards from the entrance
a branch runs through it.
Durham Recorder: A large blue tail
hawk was killed in the Banner ware .
house this morning by Mr.. A. H
Stokes. How the bird got into the
warehouse or where it came from is
not known.-The Durham & North
ern railroad force of men are at work
eve miles east of Durham. This is
the fastest railroading on record. The
larger films are left for the present,
and a half mile section through the
lands Of Nh. Briggs is untouched.
Mr.. Briggs opposed the railroad
and the company compromised by
paying him $l20 an acre for his
land.-The Baptist church last night
unanimously elected Rev. DR.. G.. F.
James, of Culpepper, Va, pastor of
that church-Mr. w. II. Muse was
elected Superintendent of the Baptist
Sunday School for the next year, and
Mr. P w. Vaughn, Assistant Super
intendent Time in Durham is
scarce. The entire floor in, the new
sash, blind and door factory vas laid
astnight.2-The property valuation
in Durham is more than So, 600, 600,
and the increase of property during
the year 1887, is more than$S0O, 900.
The fine residence boom in Dur
ham is above par. The cost of four
residences now building viii aggregate
at least $4,000, and are the property
of Messrs. j. S. Carr, W. Duke, BIN.
Duke and T. D. Jones.